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DP-002
TitlePublic Nonsense Nuisance Public Essence Newsense Public News
Author
PublisherThe Diggers
PlaceSan Francisco
Year1966
Date 110/31/1966
Date 2
Publication
Volume
Issue
Page(s)
MediumBroadside
DimensionLetter
Extent
Imprint
Collation
CatalogDP-002
CollectionSOLA-x(SS) | SS-x(PB)
Cit. No.
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Keywords
AbstractThis sheet turns public space into a site of satire and performance, mocking the passive “public” created by media, traffic, and official information. By proposing the “Digger Square” and the “Intersection Game,” it invites people to stop being spectators and instead reframe the street through play, movement, and collective action. The piece treats the city not as a space to be managed and consumed, but as a stage where perception itself can be disrupted and remade. The first Digger street theater (Halloween, 1966).
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Public Nonsense Nuisance Public Essence Newsense Public News
The Public is Any Fool On The Street
    The Public is Any Fool On The Street 
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION FOOLS ALL OF THE PUBLIC ALL OF THE TIME
     
    The Public is Any Fool On The Street 
 
PUBLIC STREETS CONVEY MACHINES -- ONLY A FOOL WALKS IN TRAFFIC
     
    The Public is Any Fool On The Street 
    The Public is Any Fool On The Street 

[graphic rules]

2 (TWO) SQUARE EVENTS
(for any foot on the street)

THE D I G G E R SQUARE
[graphic of a painting frame]
A square frame to view reality
"An informed public is its own worst enemy." -- M. McLuhan
Public enemies watch reality — don't change that dial — an eventful new season of enemy spectacles
FREE FRAME OF REFERENCE to be worn around the neck, carried, displayed
Watch the D I G G E R news!

[graphic lines separating columns]

THE INTERSECTION GAME
[diagram of a street intersection with dashed lines crossing each direction]
Any number of fools can play
Game Board formed by intersection of public streets
OBJECT: Complete all designs within diagram

    Lesser Triangle 
    Greater Triangle 
    Double Triangle 
    The Square 

STYLE: DON'T WAIT DON'T WALK

    (umbrella step, stroll, 
    cake-walk, sombersault, [sic] 
    finger-crawl, squat- 
    jump, pilgrimmage, 
    philly dog, etc.) 

BRING A SQUARE TO DIG THE INTERSECTION GAME

TEST MATCH — HAIGHT AND MASONIC — MONDAY OCT 31 — 5:30 pm
Trans. TitlePUBLIC NONSENSE NUISANCE PUBLIC ESSENCE NEWSENSE PUBLIC NEWS |
SectionCommunication Company
GroupHaight-Ashbury Diggers Movement
Sub-Group
SeriesDigger Papers
Folder

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